Embrace Your Geekness Day

I'd like to make it known that while I refer to myself as a geek, I'm more of a geek poser. I know, I'm terrible. What I mean is that I have a twitter, facebook, netflix subscription, formspring, defunct myspace, Youtube channel, and now a blog. Whoopdeedoo. I'm not particularly amazing at manipulating ANY of these, so I hesitate to call myself a true internet geek.

I'm certainly not a movie geek, unless you count me seeing every Adam Sandler movie in existence.... No, I didn't think that'd count either.

I used to be a music geek. I mean a hard-core marching band loving freak of nature. I played keyboard percussion in high school (and this past winter as part of a competitive group, too, called Rapidfire) and in the winter for concert band, I played what could be known as one of the geekiest instruments possible... the Bass Clarinet. Oh god, do I love that thing. The Bass Clarinet is an absolutely beautiful instrument and if you ever get the chance to listen to one solo, do it. DO IT. I don't think it should even be referred to as a clarinet. The only similarity is the body and construction of the instrument. The sound is creates and the technique used to play is totally different. It's seriously an amazing thing.
I can't really call myself a music geek anymore, though. I haven't played my bass clarinet in almost a year...

I was a theatre geek for a long time too. I entered the strange world of children's theatre when I was 10 years old and became obsessed with performing arts. I mean, I did it all. I sang, acted, danced, stage managed, built sets and dabbled in directing. Unfortunately, I never made it past community theatre, and like most people, I need something during the day to support my habit. However, my current job makes doing a show impossible. I'm somewhat bitter and waiting for my day to jump back in to the scene.

So what kind of geek am I? Note, they only video game I play is Halo and I suck.
I'm not a specific geek, I guess. I like what I like. I do some things that most people don't get to do, and a lot of things that people don't understand. I'm Kriss, the watered-down geek... And I'm fine with that.

Happy Belated Embrace Your Geekness Day,
Krissy


P.S. I'm obsessing over this song right now.